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New Diamond Panel Tackles Undisclosed Synthetics

RAPAPORT… A number of organizations have formed a committee to
protect natural diamonds against the threat of synthetic ones, Praveenshankar Pandya,
chairman of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), said
Friday.

“Our goal is to create a separate footprint for natural
and synthetic diamonds,” Pandya (pictured) explained at a press briefing during the India
Internati…